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Should The Town Of Lyons Build Housing On Its Park Lands?

Published on Thursday, July 24 2014 12:37

By Robert Brakenridge, Resident of LyonsI earlier wrote that the Town of Lyons is seeking federal flood recovery assistance to build a relatively large housing development on its conservation easement-protected parklands. It is now even more

Just A Coincidence? I Think Not!

Published on Thursday, April 17 2014 21:59

By Mayor John O’BrienIn the interest of full disclosure, let it be known that the author of this article is not married to the Editor.

My son was reviewing some notes from one of his old philosophy courses and found the amazing letter below. He wrote: “It was a letter of consolation from a stoic named Stilpo to his friend Liberalis after Liberalis’ city was destroyed by fire. It’s interesting that his city was named

Van Jones Dey-Notes are Heard

Published on Thursday, March 10 2011 00:00

by Coco Gordon

You wouldn’t believe what we heard buzzing about around PlanBoulder’s year end Celebration event at the Boulderado Hotel! There was a greek style dinner buffet, swanky drinks (yumm) with featured keynote speaker, Van Jones, “ Does dense make sense?,” author of “The Green-Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems.”

The Other Side of the GMO Issue

Published on Wednesday, September 14 2011 14:36

By Steve Wratten

I am writing to respond to several topics in the article by Kayann Short (Lyons Recorder, Sept. 1) about her concerns over genetically-modified (GM) crops. To avoid misunderstanding, GM crops have had a gene inserted into their chromosomes to confer a new desirable trait. Ms. Short’s article consisted mainly of her opinions, which frankly do not agree with those of U.S. Federal regulatory agencies (EPA, USDA, FDA), nor those of states and many foreign